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Significance: Black Bridge is significant as a representative 20th-century steel-truss highway bridge. Its Warren-truss design, the relatively heavy proportions of its members, and its concrete-slab deck reflect the standardization of bridge engineering in that period, as well as the demands of ever-increasing motor-vehicle usage. Black Bridge also has historical interest as part of the reconstruction that followed the disastrous flood of March 1936, an event that damaged or destroyed hundred of bridges throughout New England.

Survey number: HAER CT-156

Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction

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connecticut bridge black bridge farmington farmington river black bridge road hartford new hartford litchfield litchfield county mary aifson berlin construction company bruce clouette wayne fleming historic american engineering record photo ultra high resolution high resolution new england library of congress

1969 - 1980

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Berlin Construction Company

Aifson, Mary, transmitter

Fleming, Wayne, photographer

Clouette, Bruce, historian

connecticut , 41.87788, -72.96522

Library of Congress

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